Carpet-stretcher



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L. G. BALLINGER.

' CARPET STRETGHER.

No. 402.220. Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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UNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI G. BALLINGER, OF EAST LIBERTY, OHIO.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,220, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed'August 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI G. BALLINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Liberty, in the county of" Logan and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarpet-Stretchers;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to carpet-stretchers; and it consists in thenovel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the carpet-stretcher. Fig. 2is a plan view of the same from below, and Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview of the lower part of the handlever.

A is along bar provided with the sharp points a at one end, which aredriven into the floor close to the wall.

B is a toothed rack formed upon the upper side of the flangeb at the topedge of said bar, and O is a ratchet on the bottom edge of said bar A Dis a forked bracket which slides over bar A, and is provided with atooth, (Z, which engages with the ratchet O. The bracket D is arrangedat an angle of about forty-five degrees, and has the bar'A and the toothd at its lower end.

E are arms which extend downwardly at about aright angle on each side ofbracket .D, and are provided with projections e, which hook under theflange Z) and prevent the upper end of the forked bracket from risingtoo far.

Fis a cross-piece, which is pivoted to the lower part of bracket D bythe pin f, and g are hooks which project from the crosspiece and engagewith the carpet.

H is a toothed pinion, which is journaled upon the pin 72. in the upperpart of the allowing it to be slid in the direction of its length, sothat the tooth t may be moved around and placed between any of the teethof the pinion.

The device is operated as follows: The points a at one end of bar A aredriven into the floor close to the wall, the bracket D is slid to theother end of the bar, and the hooks are caused to engage with thecarpet. The sliding bracketis then advanced by turning the hand-leverand pinion as far as the hand-lever can be moved. The tooth (1 thenengages with the teeth of the ratchet C, so

that the bracket cannot slide back. The said hand-lever is then movedback around the pinion, so that the bracket may be advanced for anotherportion of its travel by means of the rack and pinion, and thisoperation is repeated'until the carpet is tightly stretched.

What I claim is- 1. Ina carpet-stretcher, the combination, with a bar,provided with a toothed rack, a ratchet, and points for securing the barto the floor, of an inclined bracket sliding on the bar and having atooth at its lower end below said bar for engaging with the saidratchet, carpet-hooks connected to the lower part of the bracket, atoothed pinion journaled in the sliding bracket and engaging with thesaid rack, and a hand-lever for turning the pinion, substantially as setforth. I

2. In a carpet-stretcher, the combination, with the bar provided withpoints for securing it to the floor, a flange upon its upper edge, atoothed rack, and a ratchet, of the inclined sliding bracket providedwith a tooth for the ratchet underneath the said bar, and

arms projecting downwardly from the bracket and inclined in the oppositedirection, said arms having projections engaging wlth the flange on thesaid bar, a cross-bar plvoted to the sliding bracket and provided withcarpet- 9 hooks, a toothed pinion journaled in the said bracket andengaging with the rack, and a hand-lever for operating the toothedpinion, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI cQ BALLINGER.

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